st: RE: path for winexec?

It is clear in the manual: -shell- calls cmd.exe
or command.com and winexec calls any application.
For example in WinNT we have
! or shell <=> winexec cmd.exe
For that reason your line !ps2pdf mylog.ps
is passing the argument "ps2pdf mylog.ps" to cmd
Rodrigo.
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De: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] En nombre de Martin Weiss
Enviado el: Martes, 27 de Mayo de 2008 12:33 p.m.
Para: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Asunto: st: path for winexec?
Dear Statalisters,
I am wondering whether there is a way to make Stata find executables on
its own. I usually have a smcl-log running and sometimes like to turn it
into a pdf (on a Windows machine). So I have it translated to ps and
then let Stata
-winexec- the ps2pdf from the Miktex distribution. After conversion, I
want the file to be displayed automatically, so the code looks like
this:
***********************
-my commands-
log close
translate "mylog.smcl" "C:/Users/`c(username)'/Desktop/mylog.ps",
replace
translator(smcl2ps)
!ps2pdf mylog.ps
winexec "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"
"C:/Users/`c(username)'/Desktop/mylog.pdf"
***********************
I have generalized the file to run on different machines without a
requirement for any tweaking. The only missing link is the path to the
reader exe in the last line. I am wondering why Stata is able to find
the ps2pdf exe but not the reader. Is there a way to have it do that as
well? I thought about putting it into the profile.do, but that would
merely shift the onus to the profile without solving the problem...
Any ideas?
Martin Weiss
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